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Scalar suppression on large scales in open inflation

Cosmology and Nongalactic Astrophysics 2015-06-22 v2 General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology High Energy Physics - Theory

Abstract

We consider two toy models of open inflation and investigate their ability to give a suppression of scalar power on large scales whilst also satisfying observational constraints on the spatial curvature of the universe. Qualitatively we find that both models are indeed capable of fulfilling these two requirements, but we also see that effects of the quantum tunnelling must be carefully taken into account if we wish to make quantitative predictions.

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@article{arxiv.1407.5816,
  title  = {Scalar suppression on large scales in open inflation},
  author = {Jonathan White and Ying-li Zhang and Misao Sasaki},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1407.5816},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

11 pages, 13 figures. Updated to match published version: figures 7 and 11 updated, references added, typos corrected